News & Notes Volume II, No. 29

[NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!]

Video on Zimbabwe's hyperinflation (Marginal Revolution). Fun. And recap of the recent issue of bond notes (Coin World). Transactors seek to avoid getting bond notes in change (Times Live).
A dystopian Berlin where David Hasseloff is on the banknotes (Games Radar).
Is there a "Trump Effect" on the numismatic market? (The Street).
Gearing up for the new 50 Euro note (The Baltic Course).
In addition to being filthy, some dollar bills feature white rhino DNA (Daily Mirror).
Dirty Money (Scientific American).
"Poop, Mold, and Cocaine" (Time).
Now India is worrying that its currency contains animal fat (News Nation). Now where was that corruption, anyway? (News BTC). India's continued cash woes (Bloomberg).
2016 in review (COINWeek).
Confusing names that worked out for the best (Coin World).
Sports themes on notes (Coin World).
Rare Palestine Currency Board notes (COINWeek).
Tracking marijuana cash in California (CBS San Francisco).
A digital CFA for francophone Africa (How We Made it in Africa).
"Should We Trash Cash?" (New York Times).
Chinese authorities turn up the heat on Bitcoin exchanges (Coin Desk). And how do you stay stop in Chinese? (Bloomberg).
Making sense of Feng Shui (Conscious Lifestyle).
Notgeld scrapbook (E-Sylum).
Newman currency collection for sale (E-Sylum).
Archives International auction results (E-Sylum).
Uruguay's updated 200 Peso note (Steven Bron).
Poland's new 10 and 20 zlotych notes (Steven Bron).
On a scavenger hunt for valuable fivers (Smithsonian).
Were there hammers and sickles on Indonesian banknotes? ITempo).
Indonesia may re-denominate (Bangkok Post).
200th Anniversary of Jane Austen's death (CTV News).

Faulty printing of India's Rs. 2000 notes (The Quint). Some are missing Gandhi's portrait (Plunge).
Antimicrobial features on banknotes (Times of India).
Smithers Pira's forecast for the banknote industry (Smithers Pira).
Reconnaissance high security printing conference-Europe, Baku Azerbaijan, March 27-29, 2017 (Reconnaissance).
Reconnaissance high security printing conference-Latin America, Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 19-21, 2017 (Reconnaissance).
Security Document World conference, London June 26-28, 2017 (Security Document World).
The Currency Conference, May 14-17, 2017, Kuala Lumpur (Currency Conference).
The Future of Cash conference, Vienna, Austria, October 4-5, 2017 (Reconnaissance).

In Namibia, nobody's perfect (Namibia Economist).
Is it getting harder to spot counterfeits? (Marketwatch).
Fearing counterfeits, Hawaii businesses refuse cash (Hawaii Tribune Herald).
Aftermath of a Nigerian scam (Politics Nigeria).
He kept $20 million under the mattress (Newser).

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
International Bank Note Society (useful features even for non-members).
The Banknote Den (David Lok's website, with superb essays as well as a link to his book, The Many Faces of Money).
The Currency Collector (more good essays by John Sandrock).
COINWeek (numismatic aggregator with some paper money content).
MRI Bankers' Guide (for its updates of new banknotes).
Stane Straus's Polymer Banknotes of the World
Banknote News (roundup of news and promotional website for The Banknote Book).
Tom Chao (collector's blog with active updates).
Stevenbron Banknotes (collector's blog with active updates).
Mintage World (online museum of Indian numismatics).
Chattanooga Money (site details historical episodes in Chattanooga, Tennessee's monetary and banking history)
Banknotesworld ("THE German-language Banknote forum") Discussion threads and more.
Scotsbanknotes
Counting on Currency (Industry website).
Currency Research (Industry website).
International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website)
International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website).
International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website).
Our Passports (travel documents and other ephemera)
Social Money (a Flickr album of photographs illustrating modern complementary currencies, heavy on Argentina).
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (search for banknotes etc.).
Where's George? (currency tracking project).
Banknoter
Numismondo
CoinsWeekly, especially its fine list of links to museums and other numismatic resources.
Blog du CNA (Club Numismatique d'Argenteuil)
AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie
Monnaies Locales Complementaires
Our Money (Eurozone currency).
The Ephemera Society of America
Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).
Pakistani Currency
Ink World Magazine (Ink World).
Middle East Printer (MEprinter). Website homepage.
Let's Talk Payments (LTP). Fintech website homepage.

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